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<p>We abolished the Standards Board regime as it was a top down, centralist regime
which had unfortunately become a vehicle for petty, malicious and politically motivated
complaints. In its place the Localism Act 2011 created a robust framework for local
authority standards arrangements. This requires local authorities to promote and maintain
high standards of conduct and adopt a code that is consistent with the seven ‘Nolan’
Principles.</p><p>The Government is awaiting early in the New Year the publication
of the Committee on Standards in Public Life’s Review of Local Government Ethical
Standards. The Government will consider the CSPL report carefully, and we will publish
our response in due course.</p><p> </p>
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